Window structure



Jan. 12, 1932.

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Patented Jan. 12, 1932 PATENT OFFICE JOSEPH HIGGN S, F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS WINDOW STRUCTURE Application filed May 29, 1929. Serial No. 366,818.

yThis invention relates to windows, and more particularly to a structure to be used for cellars, basements, and the like.

.The principal object of the invention is to vproduce an improved all-metal structure which is simple and inexpensive, yet durable and-weather-proof; to provide for the ready removall of the sash from the windowframe `and its replacement therein, at will; to provide for pivotally supporting the sash at its lower edge portion upon the window frame so that it may be tilted to open position; and to attain certain other advantages as will hereinafter more fully appear.

The invention consists in the novel construction and in the parts and combinations and arrangements of parts as hereinafter described and set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating practical embodiments of the invention,

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a window 'iframe and sash, looking at the inner side i ii-iiof Fig. 5.

thereof, the sash being shown in closed position;

Fig. 2 is a similar view looking at the outer `side of the frame and sash; n Y Fig. 3 is a perspective View showing fragmentary cooperating corner portions of the sash and frame;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary section showing the sash as supported in its tilted position on the Y frame;

Fig. is an outer side elevation of a modification of ythe-window structure;

Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of Fig. Fig. 7 is an outer side elevation of the sa detached from the frame;

Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8-8 of Fig. 7 Fig. 9 is a fragmentary view, in inner side elevation, of the corner portion of the sash;

Fig. 10 is a similar View of the opposite corner portion of the frame; and

' Fig. 11 is a fragmentary section on the line The preferred embodiment of the :invention, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, comprises an all-metal window frame including top and bottom members 12 and 13, respectively, and end members 14, said mem bers being of angle iron section. These members 12, 13 and 14 are rigidly connected at their corners by welding or other suitable means of attachment, and the top member 12 and end members 14 have secured thereto, as by riveting or welding, angle members 15 andv 16, respectively, said combined sections pro ducing in effect a substantially Z-bar section. Secured on the lower frame member 13 is an angle member 17 which produces in eifect a T-bar section.

By the arrangement of the structural parts as shown in the drawings and as above described, the frame is providedV with an inturned flange 18 extending across the outer edges of its rail 12 and end rails 14, the same providing an effective guard for preventing the entrance of dust or water, as well as an abutment for the sash in the closed position of the latter. The upstanding flange 19 oi vthe angle member 17 is disposed on the inner side of the frame and forms a support on which the sash is adapted to pivot, as will be presently described, and also serves to prevent'the entrance of dust or water.

The sash, designated generally by the reference numeral 20, comprises a rectangular frame whose top and bottom members 21 and 22, respectively, and end members 23 are of angle iron section and rigidly connected at the corners of the frame by welding or other suitable means. Preferably, the upper and lower sash members 21 and 22 are connected by the intermediate bars 24 which are of T-iron section, thereby dividing the window into three separate panels in which the panes 25are mounted. On the lower member 22 of the sash an angle member 26 is rigidly secured, the depending flange portion 27 of said member 26 affording a guard for preventing the entrance of dust or water at the bottom of the sash, as will presently more fully appear.

On the inner face of the sash and near its lower corners plates 28 aie firmly secured by riveting orotherwise, the lower edge portions 29 of said plates 28 resting upon the adjacent marginal portions 30 of the upstanding flange 19 at the inner side of the lower or sill member 13 of the window frame, wlienthe A M sash is placed in the frame.

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The lower portions of the end flanges 18 of the' frame are cut away or notched, as at 3l, affording a corresponding shoulder 32 at each endof the frame, said shoulders being preferably beveled, as at 331. The shoulders are engaged by the adjacent end portions 84 l yof the Harige 27 on the sash when the sash is 4o.f,..andi the lower marginal portion of the tilted on its supporting plates 28 which rest on the adjacent edge portions of the Hangs 19 of the frame. Y

The end portions 34 of the Hange'27 on the sash are cut away just sufficiently telit freely between the notched portions 31 ofthe end flanges 18 of theframe when the sash is placed in the frame. In the closed position of the sash; its lowersangle member 22 enters the frame* behind the upstandingHange 19 thereflange. 2.75011 the. sash. overhangs the` outer marginal portion 35 of the horizontal Hange of they angle member 17 on Lthe lower frame member' 13,. thus producing an effective baf- He. for checking a draft and preventing the entrance ofvv dust or water at thel lower portion ofthe sash.

' In the modification. illustrated in Figs. 5 toi 1511, inclusive,.the structure is very similar to that;hereinbefore` described. One notable difference isthat the frame isV more nearly v a; perfect square, instead of ani oblong, and

it h'as'but a single panel. Instead of merely notching'the Han'ge 18 ofthe frame, as at V31 in Fig; 3'-, alug oreXtension Seis provided, Whose loweredgeportion affords a shoulder 32",.whichy ineffeot,is.identically the same as thevsh'oulder 321hereinbefore described. In -bothfmodific'ations it is preferable to extend the side-marginal' portions 37 of theplates 28 some distance beyond the adjacent end por- 'tionsq of'tlie'. sash so asV to overlap the adjacent' 'facer of" the framel when. the sash is closed.

By this provision the face portions of the r sash and frame are kept Hush with eachother andthe lower'edge portions 29 of said plates 28 are' prevented from slipping 0H the adjacent' edge-.portions 3'0- of the-Harige 19 which supports them, should there be an undue a'mount'of play'between the cooperating rear portions ofY the7 sash*y and frame, and, as a matter' of fact, there should be vconsiderable 1 clearanceV between theY outer side of the sash y es and. til'i`ee fli1i1ge^18 ofthe frame when the sash is closed', ajs'indicated. as at 38' in Fig. 11, this clearance being obviously 'necessary 'to permit lan easy pivotal' action of the sash.

In accordance with the presentinvention, a

practical. and durable window structure is produced which may be used to considerable advantagerin cellars or basements of buildings, or in any other place where it is desirable tohave provision for readily opening the sash for'venti/lating purposes, or for removing the sash' entirety from frame to prevent breakage thereof when itifsV desired to use the winsesame dow openingfor the passage of coal or other heavy or bulky material therethrough.

Gbviously, the structure admits of considerable modification without departingfrom the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Therefore, the invention is not limited to the specific cc-nstruction and arrangements shown in the accompanying drawings.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as nev.T and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A window structure comprising a met-al frame, the top and end members of said frame beingY substantially Z-shaped in cross section,

frame proper, saidframe member proper having a shoulder for the engagement of the adjacent lower portion of the sash for supporting said sash in tilted position.

2.. 'A window structure comprising a frame having an upstanding Hangefat theA inner marginal portion of its bottom member, and a sash detachably mounted in said frame, said sashl comprising an angular bottom member having provision' on theinner face-.of its lower portion for detachablyand pivotally supporting it onsaid upstanding Harige of'thelower member of the frame, in closed position the lower portion of the sash overlapping and being close to said upstanding Hange and having a depending outer marginal Harige overhanging the outer edge of said bottom member of the frame.

3. A window structure comprising a metal frame and sash having an upstanding inner marginal Hange of its bottom member of the frame affording a weather guard. andl support for the lower portion of the sash, said sash being shouldered on its inner face for detachably and pivotally supporting it on said upstanding Hange of the bottom frame member and having a depending vouter marginal -Hange overhanging lthe outer edge of said bottom frame member and constituting a 'supplemental outer weather guard, the adj acent end portions of said depending flange of the sash and outer marginal Hanges Vof the side members ofthe frame being provided with interengaging shoulder portions for supporting the sash in VtiltedV open position.

4. A window structure comprising a frame having an upstanding Harige at the inner side of its bottom member, anda sash movable in and detachable from said frame, said sash having a shoulder on its inner face pivotally supported on said upstanding flange of the bottom member of the frame and having a laterally projecting portion overlapping the inner face of the adjacent portion of the frame whereby7 in the closed position of said sash, the sash is prevented from moving outward, the lower portion of the sash being engaged behind the outer face of said upstanding flange of the bottom member of the frame so as to prevent inward movement of the sash, whereby the sash is normally maintained in its pivotally supported relation to the frame; and a depending flange at the outer edge of the lower portion of said sash overhanging the outer edge of the bottom frame member affording a weather guard.

) In testimony whereof I have signed my nameto this specification.

JOSEPH C. HIGGINS. 

